"Cloud..."

"... Who are you?" asked Cloud, he heard his name whispered again.

"Cloud, I'm waiting for you.."

"For me?"

"Please don't die yet though..."

"Who are you! Answer me!" said Cloud.

"I'm sorry.."

"For what! Who are you?" asked Cloud, this time the whisper took on a female voice.

"I wanted to stay with you longer."

"A... Aeris?" just then the dream world cracked apart, dim light faded, and all there was left was the darkness, the voice, and Cloud. He looked around, and saw something unusual, it was like Sephiroth, only in a female form, she looked at Cloud the same way Aeris looked at him before she died. Cloud stepped back, and she faded away into the darkness.

"Good bye... Cloud."

"Aeris wait! Don't go!" called out Cloud, but slowly, he felt himself starting to awake...

"Aeris!" said Cloud sitting up. Startleing Cid, and Red, they both jumped back. Cloud held his forehead and looked down, he looked like he was in shock.

"Another bad dream?" asked Red.

"... Yeah..." replied Cloud.

"Well you need to get over it!" said Cid.

"Cid, where are we landing?" asked Cloud standing up.

"A little town we just found on our radar, it's called Fynn." said Cid.

"Alright, i think I need to take a long walk." murmured Cloud and he left the room.

Mean while

"Mhhh ahhh! Wow it feals great out today." said a young girl looked to be around 20 years old, she wore a white jacket/cape (like Rinoa off FF8), a black skirt and black shirt, and some boots that were also black, she had white hair, and her green materia colored eyes shown in the sun light. She had hair similar to Sephiroth's on her bangs were more spikeier around her face, she had an innocent looking face to, like what boys called a fragile beauty face.

She walked out into the open feild as the soft Spring breeze rushed against her, she looked up, and saw the Highwind, she then looked forlorn, she knew who they were, and what they had to do. She wished she had been around Sephiroth more, she looked down, she never got to meet him, she only knew they were related. She walked back into town, it was usually a pleasant town, a few rebelious boys here and there, the old town members, a few shops.

"It's so peaceful today... I hope it stays that way." she murmured, but her wish was not granted long, she was grabbed by one of the ruffian groups in that city and dragged into an alley.

"You know what Sephiroth almost did tew us right?" asked one of the thugs.

"... Ngh... Let go of me!" she cried.

"Now we're gonna have a spot o' fun with yer body there! It's the only way we'll let you get away with it." said the leader, he walked over and picked her chin up, and their eyes met, "Why, youra stone cold beauty, can wait ta see what's under thea bandages."

"Get away from me you drunk!" she cried, as she slapped him. (my pov: Yes the reason they're talkin like that is because they are drunk and sound like Australians, you know I have nothing against that race or anyhting!)

"Dammit that hurt, we'll teach you girl not to bitch wit us! Get 'er boys, rape 'er and kill 'er." said the drunken thug. As they jumped at her, she prepared for death, she closed her eyes, and held in a swallowed cry for help. Just then the thugs fell to the ground dead, she looked up to see, a young man, with a huge sword, and blonde hair in front of her.

"Are you alright?" he asked, he turned around to look at her, and it surprised him, to see a female Sephiroth sitting there, stareing at him, like she was afraid to speak.

"I... I'm fine... Thank you for helping me." she replied. Her eyes were far to kind to ever be Sephiroth in disguise, and Cloud knows if she were Sephiroth those thugs would've been dead ages ago.

"Who are you?" asked Cloud, helping the young woman to her feet. She wasn't even as tall as Cloud, she was kinda cute in boy standards, and most girls in that city envied her for her beauty.

"My name is Serenity, I'm sorry for makeing you go through all that trouble to save me." she said. Her eyes met his, Cloud felt a simi warm fealing looking into them.

"My name is Cloud Strife." said Cloud.

"That's a nice, name, you were the one who beat Sephiroth right?" asked Serenity.

"Why, did you know him?" asked Cloud.

"Well you can kinda say that." she replied, "I never knew him phsically, nor did he know I exsisted, I wanted to meet him for a certain reason."

"For what reason?" asked Cloud walking over to her.

"I wanted to tell him something very important, something about him and his family." she said.

"What?" asked Cloud.

"I wanted to tell him.. Ngh!" she said she fell down and held her heart area, Cloud knelt down to see if she was ok.

"What happend!" asked Cloud.

"I'm sorry, I have a rather weak heart, and I guess seeing you gave me a little shock." she smiled at him, weakly, but she smiled then she passed out into his arms.

Chapter one end...